Brad's ADA 60f Mangrove Tunnel

brad908 · Nov 20, 2016

I've decided to set up a second mangrove tank. This one will be a shallow mangrove tunnel. Tank will start off as freshwater and eventually be converted to saltwater. Extremely easy and low maintenance set up.

Equipment

ADA 60f - 24x12x7"
24" T5 Fixture | 4 6500k bulbs
Ecotech MP10

FTS

Thank you

brad908 · Nov 20, 2016

Inspiration

MikeA · Nov 20, 2016

Interesting Brad. What are you planning on stocking it with?

nicholas.babb@gmail · Nov 20, 2016

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brad908 · Nov 20, 2016

MikeA said:
Interesting Brad. What are you planning on stocking it with?

Focus is mostly on the mangroves and with starting off being a freshwater tank for the first 5-6 months, any stocking won't be really thought about until the summer. I do like the idea of a single small red star fish or fiddler crabs

Edit : seahorse? Would need to do my research first.

MikeA · Nov 20, 2016

Sounds good. Keen to see how you get on.

brad908 · Nov 20, 2016

Going to try these out

Rick.45cal · Nov 20, 2016

I'm looking forward to seeing this, your other tank is spectacular. I picked up one of the small ADA cubes recently, very nice tanks. That one is going to make an excellent build! Congrats

Daniel@R2R · Nov 21, 2016

Cool unique idea!

brad908 · Nov 22, 2016

Water is almost cleared up. Moved around the sand as much as I could but need to buy a little more to finish the back left corner.

Wish they made a white mp10 lol. Thought about plasti dipping the dry side, but probably not worth the hassle.

revhtree · Nov 22, 2016

Loving it!

tj w · Nov 22, 2016

As always, going to be unique and beautiful.

brad908 · Nov 23, 2016

revhtree said:
Loving it!

tj w said:
As always, going to be unique and beautiful.

Thanks!

brad908 · Dec 5, 2016

These updates will be quite boring for the next 5-6 months lol

1 week.

Added 10lbs of Fiji pink ontop of the 20lbs of Bahamas Oolite which was ontop of 10lbs of live mud.

Running an AC20 to clear the water

Little bit of morning sun coming into the tank

azbigjohn · Dec 5, 2016

I'm not very mangrove knowledgeable...

Is the MP10 needed in a mangrove tank? Seems like a flow would not be a huge issue, especially with nothing other than the plants in there...

Then again, see my opening statement....

brad908 · Dec 5, 2016

azbigjohn said:
I'm not very mangrove knowledgeable...

Is the MP10 needed in a mangrove tank? Seems like a flow would not be a huge issue, especially with nothing other than the plants in there...

Then again, see my opening statement....

Not necessary, but want some type of water movement. The AC20 is causing more disturbance to the sand than the MP10 did, so I might switch back to the MP10 once the water clarity is where I want it to be.

ShinerMaginer · Dec 5, 2016

brad908 said:
These updates will be quite boring for the next 5-6 months lol

Im curious how these will develop the shape that you see in older plants. Are the roots growing up, or are you shaping these so that branches go down into the soil with new ones extending up, and you just keep pruning it that way? REALLY want to try this!